KUNA -- An explosion in southern Afghanistan wounded two Canadian soldiers while the Afghan military announced arresting a prominent Taliban commander during an operation, launched last week, in the same region. A senior police official on condition of anonymity said the suicide blast took place while the Canadian convoy was on its way to the Maiwand district of the Kandahar province. He said a suicide attacker exploded his car near the convoy, which injured two soldiers. Military spokesman Quentin Innis told journalists two Canadian soldiers were wounded. But he said it was a mine blast that hit the military convoy. He said one vehicle was destroyed in the attack. Meanwhile, provincial police claimed they had arrested a senior Taliban commander in the same province on Sunday night. The arrested man has been identified as Maulvi Mohammad Ibrahim, local commander of the militants.